Waterproofing composition



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To all whom it may concern:

Be it @own that I, Grus'mr W. MAGNUS,

a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Seattle, in the-county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Waterproofing Com-.

positions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to anr'iinproved waterproofing composition of matter, and prior issued November 25, 1913, for improvements in liquid waterproof surfacing compositions. The principal object of the present invention is the provision of a waterproofing composition that will be particularly useful as a base for paints and in the general application of the material to the waterproofing of fabric, .cementand steel or wherever an impervious and durable protective coating is desired.

With the above and otherobjects in view,

which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel composition of materials and the method of compounding the same, as will be hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that within the scope'of what is claimed, changesin the precise quantities and procedure described can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention,

My improved composition consists in com bining forty parts byweight of raw linseed oil with one part by weight of rubber, preferably waste vulcanized rubber, although the crude rubber may be used. Boiling said materials about four hours while stirring sufiiciently to keep from scorching. The material is then cooled off .and strained. A drier consisting of one and one-third parts by weight of sugarof-lead, ground inoil. and thinned with an equal amount by weight of gasolene, is added. For faster drying, four Specification of LettrsPatent. Patented. It Hay 23, 12922,

application filed January 26, 1922. Qerial No. 531,931.

parts of Japan drier may be added to the material instead.

The material will then be ready for'use but may be thinned or modified for the vari ous paint or waterproofing uses by the addition of gasoline, benzine, or equivalent agents.

the oil in each instance as the capacity for absorbing rubber varies with different lots of oil but the unused rubber substance strained out of the material may be used over again in the next lot. 1

Having described my invention, what I claim, is

1. A waterproofing composition consisting of forty parts by weight of raw linseed oil, one part by weight of rubber, and a drier.

2. A waterproofing composition consisting of forty parts by weight of raw linseed oil, one part by-weight of rubber. one and onethird parts sugar of lead, and one and onethird parts gasoline. v

i 3. A waterproofing composition consisting of forty parts by weight of raw linseed oil, one part by weight of rubber, one and onethird parts .of sugar of lead, and sufficient gasoline to suitably thin the material for the purpose intended.

4. YA method of compounding a waterproofing composition. consisting in boiling raw linseed oil and rubber for approximateiy four hours,.cooling andstraining the mirr- 

